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Among the organizations that can claim partial credit for Republican Charles Djou’s victory in last weekend’s Hawaii House election is one conservative group that never spent money in an election before 2010 – and seems to have gotten a taste for the fight.

Independent Women’s Voice spent about a quarter-million dollars on ads blasting former Democratic Rep. Ed Case as a “tax-raising liberal.” It was the only outside group on either side of the aisle to spend money on the airwaves.

The Hawaii special election is only the second race that Independent Women’s Voice has invested in heavily. Earlier this year, the group spent more than $200,000 in the Massachusetts election that ended with Republican Sen. Scott Brown’s victory. It also spent a smaller sum – $20,000 – on get-out-the-vote efforts in the special election this month in Pennsylvania’s 12h Congressional District.

Heather Higgins, the president and CEO of Independent Women’s Voice, said the group saw an opportunity to make a mark on the Hawaii campaign as the National Republican Congressional Committee stayed off the airwaves there.

“We thought we could make a difference,” Higgins explained. “We try to pick our shots and we try to play in a way where we get results.”

Higgins said her organization plans to remain active in the midterms through issue ads and an independent expenditure campaign, but has not decided exactly how much money it intends to spend.